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Exploring the availability and accessibility of menstrual friendly public toilets (MFPTs) in urban spaces: A global multi-city audit study.
Health Place
January 2025
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Public toilets enable populations, including those who menstruate, to move through public spaces. Menstrual Friendly Public Toilets (MFPT) are accessible, safe, and clean public toilets that provide those who menstruate the space and resources to navigate cities with dignity and comfort. However, there is little evidence on the status of MFPTs in urban centers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonitoring of indoor air quality at a large sailing cruise ship to assess ventilation performance and disease transmission risk.
Sci Total Environ
January 2025
Centre for Safety, Resilience and Protective Security, Fire Safety Engineering Group, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Greenwich, Greenwich SE10 9LS, United Kingdom.
Large passenger ships are characterised as enclosed and crowded indoor spaces with frequent interactions between travellers, providing conditions that facilitate disease transmission. This study aims to provide an indoor ship CO dataset for inferring thermal comfort, ventilation and infectious disease transmission risk evaluation. Indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring was conducted in nine environments (three cabins, buffet, gym, bar, restaurant, pub and theatre), on board a cruise ship voyaging across the UK and EU, with the study conducted in the framework of the EU HEALTHY SAILING project.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatient Perceptions of Pessaries for Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
Urogynecology (Phila)
December 2024
From the Albany Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology, Albany, NY.
Importance: A vaginal pessary is a highly effective treatment for patients with pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Patient views of pessaries and how their beliefs affect whether they choose pessary treatment is unknown.
Objective: Our objective of this study was to describe the knowledge, understanding, and patient concerns regarding pessary use for POP management.
Wearable Fluidic Fabric with Excellent Heat Transfer Performance for Sports Recovery.
Adv Sci (Weinh)
January 2025
Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, 999077, China.
Rapid temperature contrast hydrotherapy by water immersion has been utilized by athletes for effective sports recovery. However, its application at some training or competition venues is limited by high water consumption, bucky size, personal hygiene, and inconvenience. Here, a novel portable system equipped with highly effective, lightweight, and hygienic wearable fluidic fabric device is reported, that replaces direct water immersion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcquaintance and Acceptance of Menstrual Cups among Women of Reproductive Age: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study from North India.
Korean J Fam Med
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bathinda (Punjab), Bathinda, India.
Background: Menstrual hygiene is crucial to a woman's physical, social, and mental well-being. The menstrual cup offers a safe and effective solution but still requires wider adoption. This study aims to assess awareness, practices, and barriers regarding the use of menstrual cups among women of reproductive age.
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